Oopart
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Oopart is a noun meaning (among conspiracy theorists) An object found in a very unusual or apparently impossible archaeological context (like the Coso sparkplug found in an allegedly 500,000-year-old geode) which would challenge conventional historiography and chronology if authentic.
Meaning
(among conspiracy theorists) An object found in a very unusual or apparently impossible archaeological context (like the Coso sparkplug found in an allegedly 500,000-year-old geode) which would challenge conventional historiography and chronology if authentic.
Example Sentences
In many cases, the technical sophistication of the ooparts extends far beyond the inventive capabilities of the ancient peoples among whose remains they were discovered.
"Out-Of-Place-Artifacts." These ooparts are artifacts or objects that archeologists have found in digging into ancient civilizations and that appear to be out-of-place […]
Word Forms
- ooparts
- OOPA
- oopa
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include artifact, macroartefact, palaeoart, petrogram, paleoart, petrosphere.
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